At the University of
Rochester Medical Center (URMC), they have three datacenters. The first is 7,500 square feet,
the second is 6,000 square feet, and the third is just 800 square feet to
hold their "off-site tapes."

"There are three
full data centers running all the time ," says Rick. "I've got a shadow
read-only system so if the data centers are down, the care givers can at
least get in and read the information that's sitting in there. Then
I've got something called Web Access read-only sitting in the third data
center with back-up data that's away from all of the data centers and
it's available when people in the hospitals can't reach the first three
systems (four counting the shadow system), they now have information on
the Web read-only system." There are also stand-alone DRCPs containing
the hospital's census information in each unit. Constant journaling
and back-up is continually happening. Rick's data planning blueprint
provides the Medical Center with a number of ways to ensure patient care
via well-stored data.

This is an event that you won't want to miss!

Join the webcast, "Planning for Disaster Recovery in a Power Environment: Best Practices to Protect Your Data" on 9/21 at 12PM ET. Downtime due to outages caused by disasters can cost
organizations millions of dollars – and some may never recover. The key
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back-up servers. The webcast will explore new approaches to building a Disaster Recovery plan--before a
catastrophe strikes. You'll hear from a panel of speakers,
featuring Rick Haverty, Director of IT Infrastructure at University of
Rochester Medical Center (URMC), and IBM experts.

Listen to this webcast to hear:

Principal lessons learned from disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the World Trade Center

Local and regional considerations for Disaster Recovery Planning

A case study on URMC discussing how this hospital ensures business continuity via contingency planning, using IBM Power Systems

Best practices for automation, mirroring and multiple site operational efficiencies

Register now to learn how to prepare your organization
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continuity strategy.

In case you missed it, IBM announced a new online IT Storage Community last week. The new site is designed to help you network with peers, share best practices, and dialogue with storage experts. Via this community, you’ll be able to learn about new developments in the Enterprise Storage Space from one single source, made up of many opinions and experts. The community is designed as a “coming together" of the world’s leading storage industry analysts and consultants, along with IBM customers and company leaders. Simply point and click to the community to learn how leading companies are transforming their data infrastructure to drive incredible efficiencies, breakthrough innovation and improved IT economics by effectively deploying data reduction, virtualization, data protection, and application integration strategies to drive business value.

This week, you can view all the videos and materials from our recent IBM Storage Innovation Executive Summit. You can watch the videos from your office, at your convenience, via the the community. Some of the most compelling video from the conference are the customer case studies from Centerpoint Energy and the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Overtime, we hope that many of you will join us, share your opinions and participate in our user discussions groups in the community.

On May 24th, IBM and Information Week will be presenting the online event The Data Protection and Retention Mandate: Keep it Close, Keep it Safe and Secure, Keep Costs Low, 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET. The topic for the show is how to protect your data, and keep it safe and secure. With data protection and
retention requirements growing 40 to 50 percent annually,
organizations are struggling to ensure their data meets government,
compliance, and security requirements, not to mention risk management
responsibilities. The challenge of keeping and protecting all this
data, while ensuring access when needed, means that traditional
approaches may fall short or simply cost too much. Join Information Week magazine and IBM for this special webcast on May 24th. Click here to register.

If you are struggling with your storage infrastructure, or anxious to learn best practices, you'll want to register for this webcast and participate in the live Question and Answer session that will follow the speakers' presentations. Save the date!